Retail Trade Holds Weaker as Industrial Pace Dips
A muted rise in industrial activity last week contrasted with sustained retail trade and wholesale strength. The AP index slipped 0.1 point to 73. Major indicators showed a minor weekly decline while wholesale trade gained as the fall buying season began. Production fell at eight auto plants though year over year output remained higher. Labor Day marked a watershed for the industry as orders and scrap steel prices influenced sentiment. United States Steel announced unification plans to streamline production and sales across its subsidiaries.
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WY Raver Winget
Associated Press
Department of Commerce
United States
Canada
Cram's
United States Steel Corporation
Hogs Unchanged on Local Market
Hog prices hold steady with no grade changes on Saturday. Top price remains 11.35, while poultry and eggs edge higher.
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Llog
Wool Market Boston Shows Gains Across Several Grades
The wool market in Boston advanced over the prior week with gains in numerous trades and strength seen in 643 and Norr origin wools. Moderate trade volume accompanied price improvements in combing wools and various greasy prices reflected modest activity across different clips.
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Boston
US Dept Agricultures
Ohio
Sunbac
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Reports Overview
Linn County Abstract reports conveyances and mortgages filed in Linn County from August 23 to 29, including a comparison with the prior period. Conveyances show 46 entries, mortgages 36, with totals of 81 226.72 for conveyances and 77 445.28 for mortgages in the corresponding period last month.
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Linn
Real estate transfers list with varied Cedar Rapids deeds
A compilation of property transfers and deeds recorded in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Transactions include D W Bates to Joe Splichal for a 32 ft lot in Greene and College addition, and Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Association to Harry D Simon and Blanche Simon among others.
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D. W. Bates
Banking of
C R Laws Bank and Trust Co
Joe Splichal
Greene and College
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Memorial Park
Evergreen
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Mary G. Haldy
Frederick G. Haldy
Vernie R
Marguerite Dundee
Hus & Wf
Hart
Kenwood
Clifford S. McVey
H. J. Lamb
Thos. A. Coglan
Timothy Co
Valcon
Edward Kulhavy
Milver F. Kulhavy
Fero and
Gainer
Margaret Cook Dows
Sutherland Dows
Sely
Orig CR
Roger S. Finkbine
George B
Anna G. Eyler
Reginald A. Bunce
Alma M. Naxern
Forest Hill
Mary Edith Amen
Thelma Mason MelIntyre
Bever Park
Rosie S Bach
Oliver F. Bach
Delia F Fleming
John R. Sonka
Frank Sonka
Samuel Henry Kozberg
Sarah Cohn Kozberg
W. D
Ft, Lot 3 Blk 7 A K Murrayvs 2 Add C. R
Linn County
Harry F Paar
H Foy
WN Jones
John W. Elgin
Robinson
Birdie M Robinson
Stocks Edge Up While Trading Slows on Labor Day Pause
U S stocks rose fractions to more than a point on the New York Stock Exchange as trading remained light on Labor Day weekend. The AP 60 average gained 0.3 to 48.0 with 491 380 shares moved. Several issues advanced a point or more, led by American Telephone Auburn Johns Manville Union Pacific and Western Union.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Financial
Ethiopia
Petroleum Company
American Telephone
Auburn
Johns Manville
Union Pacific
Western Union
American Power and Light
Electric Power and Light and Engineers Public Service
U. S
Markets Shown At A Glance Saturday
International News Service notes a firm stock market with slight gains in curb stocks while bonds remain mixed. Call money holds at 14 and a half percent. cotton futures drop 25 cents per bale. Chicago wheat rises fractionally. the dollar strengthens in foreign exchange markets.
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Chicago
Moffett Returns to Standard Oil Post in New York
J A Moffett, former federal housing administrator, will resume as vice president of Standard Oil Company of California, headquartered in New York, per a San Francisco dispatch to Dow Jones. Foreign exchange rates are listed for multiple nations and currencies in New York and abroad.
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New York
San Francisco Dispatch
Dow, Jones and Company
J. A Moffett
Standard Oil Company of California
Brokerage Opinion Indicates Market In Fair Condition
New York reports a brokerage view that the market is in fair condition with mixed signals. J S Bach and Co notes a test of internal settings by mid next week while E A Pierce sees stability and small utilities gains offering reassurance and reducing selling pressure. Lamborn Hutchings and Co calls current forces neutral with both bullish and bearish tones.
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New York
J. S. Bache and Co
E. A. Pierce and Co
Lamborn, Hutchings and Co
Trading Light In Bonds Saturday Weekend Market Quiet
Trading was too light to set a trend as U S governments showed mixed moves from 4 32 to 4 32 higher. Transfers totaled 3 306 000 par value the quietest two hour session in months with many brokers away for Labor Day.
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New York
U. S
Associated Press
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange Saturday Totals
Total sales on the stock exchange Saturday reached 490 000 stocks and 3 320 000 in bonds.
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New York
INS
Stock Exchange
Wheat Prices Rally On Bullish Crop Estimate
Wheat prices rose over a cent a bushel in Chicago on Saturday as traders anticipated a private crop estimate showing further production losses. Buying was strong despite Labor Day holiday caution, with December 1934 up to 89.5 cents. Corn, oats, rye, and barley also moved higher or firmed, while provisions stayed firm.
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Chicago
Wheat Board
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices Summary
Agricultural and produce prices list for Cedar Rapids including grain Wheat oats rye barley corn shelled and car lots produce hens leghorn springs and cattle hides prices across varieties and weights. Wholesale fruits and vegetables note Valencias oranges grapefruit lemons potatoes peaches pears red grapes bananas and lettuce with miscellaneous livestock and hides price ranges.
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Leghorn Springs
Texas
Michigan
Vitamin A and G Deficiency Linked to Night Blindness Eye Diseases
The article reviews how light adaptation relies on visual purple and how vitamin A deficiency impairs dark vision. It cites studies of schoolchildren and cases of nyctalopia, xerophthalmia, and amblyopia, noting cod liver oil as a rich Vitamin A source and urging broad vitamin supplementation for eye health. It discusses cataract risk, toxic amblyopia from tobacco and alcohol, and the synergistic role of vitamins B and G in preserving vision.
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Drs. Jaans and
Zentunre
Kiang
Japan
Europe
America
Akroyd
Newfoundland
Arthur M. Yudkin
Short Talks on Advertising from the Advertising Federation
Prepared by the Bureau of Research and Education. Advertising is a necessary part of business and a window to American industry. It informs consumers, shapes trust, and guides purchases while reflecting public opinion and ethics in advertising evolution. Copyright 1935 Advertising Federation of America.
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Bureau of Research and Education
Advertising Federation of America
New Books for Public Library Shelves
Public library adds several new titles including Spanish Raggle-Taggle by Walter Starkie, Meaning of Shinto by J W Mason, Old Glass by N Hudson Moore, Henry by Carl Anderson, How to Ride Your Hobby by A Frederick Collins, Chess for the Fun of It by Brian Harley, Diet and Like It by Mabel E Baldwin, and Eggs edited by Paul Mandeville. plus bond and stock price indexes from Standard Statistics Co.
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Walter Starkie
Spain
Mr. Starkie
Marujita
J. W. T. Mason
Japan
Henry
Carl Anderson
A. Frederick Collins
Brian Harley
Mabel E. Baldwin
Paul Mandeville
Business Goes On Munitions Makers Defend Trade
Arms and munitions makers urged to continue business as usual despite a neutrality bill. Experts note the law bans sales after war is declared, but does not stop supplying belligerents before declarations. Secretary Hull says no law blocks sales of scrap iron and materials used in munitions, and contraband scope remains broad.
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Washington
United States
Cordell Hull
State Department
Italy
Mystery shrouds Ethiopian oil coup and imperial aims
Dispatches from Addis Ababa describe a British and American driven deal led by Francis M Rickett to exploit Ethiopian petroleum, resisted by Italy under Mussolini who vows conquest. Experts question oil deposits while US and British interests deny knowledge of concessions amid looming East African tensions.
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New York
INS
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Francis M. Rickett
Standard Oil Company
National City Bank of New York
Italy
Washington
Great Britain
Abyssinia
Barnum Brown
American Museum of Natural History
Anglo-American Oil Company
H. A. Larner
J. G. White Engineering Company
Lake Tana
Blue Nile
Rickett
Iraq
Dji
Bouti
Somaliland
Standard Oil
National City Bank
Trento
Mussolini
East Africa
Japan
Manchukuo
Federal Bond Listings Highlight Treasury and Farm Issues
A concise record of federal bonds traded in New York listing Treasury issues from 1945 to 1955 with par values around 100 and prices ranging near 102 to 109. It also notes Federal Farm bonds from 1949 and notes odd entries for home owners and other small notes reflected as 35 and 2349 with varying prices.
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New York
Treasury
Federal Farms
Joan
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